Poor Child...

I had to share the latest thing that Troy said that had us laughing out loud! We had some friends stop by last night to visit and on their way out, Garrett told Troy that he liked his new snow boots. Troy proudly said, "Yep, the mailman gave them to me." I never thought about it but I think he really thinks that all the crap I by online are just boxes that the nice mailman, Tom, gives to us! I know a lot of boxes come our way, but it's just a trade off of having a happy wife live in a small town with NO SHOPPING! Thank goodness for the internet!

Cool Dudes

These 99 cent goggles from Target have gotten more laughs and play than most of the other toys in our house! Everyone loves them, especially the neighbor kids...they are always fighting over them!

Happy Birthday, Colt!

Every one year old needs a little greasy McDonalds, right?


Before

After

Time has a serious way of messing with your head! It feels like just yesterday, I hawled butt to the hospital in Provo just in time to deliver my little precious Colty! But it feels like 5 years ago that I spent a week in the hospital with him when he was 2 weeks old while he had RSV. I still can't figure that one out! Colt had his 1st birthday on Thursday! We had a great day of playing, having lunch at McDonalds & getting lots of phone calls of well wishes! We had Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner (our new favorite...no one can believe I just discovered them!) and chocolate cupcakes for desert.

Troy got to help me decorate the cupcakes after lunch. After we were all done, I went to change Colt's diaper and this is what I returned to. I swear, never fail this kid has to get in trouble!

And to anyone who thinks this is gross...wait till you see Jack lick the snot off of Colt's nose...yes, he really does do that....

Before

After

I love Jack for so many reasons, but the #1 reason is how he picks up after my kids! I used to sweep several times a day and now, MAYBE twice a month! It's a beautiful thing!

Welcome to the world of WebCams!

Just like his mommy, eating his breakfast at the computer while he checks his email :)


Part of our Christmas present from my parents was a really nice WebCam...with the intentions of all getting online on Sunday nights and talking together as a family. We have all been playing with them and Troy was THRILLED to wake up one morning with a special email message from Papa. He watched it over and over and over and over again...he figured out all by himself how to make Papa take up the whole screen and clicked the mouse each time to start the message over. Throughout the day, I could here him saying the message while he was playing, I think he had it memorized! We made a video for Papa but I haven't figured out how to email it to him!

Guitar Hero!

We were introduced to the video game, "Guitar Hero" on New Years Eve (See Mark & Cass' blog post from that night!) and that's all we want to do now! We are not into video games AT ALL but we are tempted to fork over the money for an Xbox 360 just for this game! So Kevin made our own guitar out of some foam things Troy got for Christmas! Everytime Troy sees anything that has to do with a guitar, he says, "Look Mom! Guitar Hero!" We are addicted....if you see our cars at Chet & Jill's, you know why were are there!

New Family Picture

We got some new family pictures taken last weekend and I wanted to share my favorite one! My new favorite quote is, "Too much of a good thing is a good thing." That's how I feel about my little family! I am the luckiest wife & mommy in the whole world!

Our Cute, Little Snowman!

Is that not the cutest little boy and snowman that you've ever seen! Sorry, I am a little biased! Troy and Colt got a snowman kit from our friends the Butterfields and Troy couldn't wait to get his "Frosty Kit" out this weekend! All of the pieces are made out of wood so we can reuse it for every snoman! The hat and scarf are felt. We have had a TON of snow these over the last 48 hours....over a foot at our house. It's so beautiful and is very much needed around here! Kev has been plowing on our 4 wheeler day and night...what a smart purchase that was last winter!

So...I ran over my dog :(

We have had a very emotional week! And it's all my fault :( I ran over our dog, Jack, on my way to pick up Troy from school. Jack usually follows me there and back when I drive up the street to pick him up but this time, he must have gotten lost under my tire somewhere! I ran the poor thing over and when I realized it, he had fallen over in the snow had blood pouring out of his mouth and other disgusting things going on that I will not share :( I was sure that I had killed my little guy. But after lots of tears and a trip to the weird vet in town (another story in its self) Jack is alive and is our miracle dog! He had a punctured diaphram and it was small enough to heal on it's own. His back left leg is pretty banged up and skinned up but he is moving around just fine! He is definetly calmer these days and is cuddling a lot more...must need some extra love! We are so glad our little buddy, Jack, will continue to roam our culd-a-sac...just a little more supervised now!